• From: Dave Pawson <davep@d...>
• To: Rick Marshall <rjm@z...>
• Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:27:38 +0100

Rick Marshall wrote:
> Best practice - implies quantitative result in a qualitative direction
> Convention - agnostic on both counts and also on any other metric. eg I 
> do something by convention - so it represents my practice, but possibly 
> no one else's.

Rogers original example of road signs made me think of 'local' rather
than global? In the UK road signs go along with the road they're marking
hence the US examples seem odd to me.

So 'my practice' is more likely the convention in my locale than in 
someone elses?





regards

-- 
Dave Pawson
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• References:
  • Convention versus standard
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
  • RE: Convention versus standard
    • From: "Len" <cbullard@h...>
  • RE: Convention versus standard
    • From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@m...>
  • Re: Convention versus standard
    • From: Liam Quin <liam@w...>
  • Re: Convention versus standard
    • From: "Fraser Goffin" <goffinf@g...>
  • Re: Convention versus standard
    • From: Rick Marshall <rjm@z...>